Great White Snark http://www.greatwhitesnark.com Geek Life, With Bite - Curiosities, Humor, and Entertainment Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:34:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 greatwhitesnark/yqzrhttp://feedburner.google.comSubscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with Pageflakes FOR REALS: Working Homemade Steampunk Gun [Video] http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatwhitesnark/yqzr/~3/Vx7tlibrZMY/ http://www.greatwhitesnark.com/2010/02/09/working-homemade-steampunk-gun-videos/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:34:25 +0000 Great White Snark http://www.greatwhitesnark.com/?p=3346 Artist Jonathan Alberico on deviantART crafted this working Steampunk rifle and named it “Doris”. Which is a pretty funny name for a hand-held air cannon that can fire 40mm projectiles. A serious piece of work like this obviously deserves an “Eloise” or an “Agatha”. Fashioned from copper, brass, antique pine and assorted lamp parts. This stunning piece [...] Artist Jonathan Alberico on deviantART crafted this working Steampunk rifle and named it “Doris”. Which is a pretty funny name for a hand-held air cannon that can fire 40mm projectiles.

A serious piece of work like this obviously deserves an “Eloise” or an “Agatha”.

Working Steampunk Gun

Fashioned from copper, brass, antique pine and assorted lamp parts. This stunning piece runs off two nine volt batteries and air pressure. The stock and stand are hand made from yellow pine that is over 100 years old

You can see many more pictures and bid on this piece of steampunky magic in the rifle’s listing on Ebay.

Plus, check out the video, below, to see the steampunk rifle in action. (Warning: Jonathan had the poor taste to NOT wear a Victorian petticoat and top hat during the demonstration.)

Via Boing Boing, by way of Geekosystem, who prefers homemade guns in the steamhoodlum style.

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]]> http://www.greatwhitesnark.com/2010/02/09/working-homemade-steampunk-gun-videos/feed/ 0 http://www.greatwhitesnark.com/2010/02/09/working-homemade-steampunk-gun-videos/ Twitter Link Roundup – Week Ending February 6, 2010 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatwhitesnark/yqzr/~3/bZyAG27aUH4/ http://www.greatwhitesnark.com/2010/02/07/twitter-link-roundup-%e2%80%93-week-ending-february-6-2010/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:46:41 +0000 Great White Snark http://www.greatwhitesnark.com/?p=3343 You should follow my Twitter profile or the GWS Facebook Page. Because there should be at least one source of entertainment in your life that’s guaranteed not to be as disappointing as this year’s Super Bowl commercials. (Blech.) Yoda just said something mind-blowing to this kid. http://bit.ly/dyrbVU HAAA! Hello Kitty chainsaw. This makes me [...] You should follow my Twitter profile or the GWS Facebook Page.

Because there should be at least one source of entertainment in your life that’s guaranteed not to be as disappointing as this year’s Super Bowl commercials. (Blech.)

Yoda Baby

  • Yoda just said something mind-blowing to this kid. http://bit.ly/dyrbVU
  • HAAA! Hello Kitty chainsaw. This makes me want to go on a zombie-killing rampage to the tune of a Spice Girls song. http://bit.ly/9Hlu6T
  • Does anyone else think that the Hubble Space Telescope has found a Cylon Base Star? http://bit.ly/9tXj6a
  • God of War PC case mod. I want to own it. And then battle it. http://bit.ly/9Ir4qR
  • This Lion-O homemade plush doll is made of anime + cute + felt + a really insane dream you had after (drug) tripping. http://bit.ly/cMdZZb

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]]> http://www.greatwhitesnark.com/2010/02/07/twitter-link-roundup-%e2%80%93-week-ending-february-6-2010/feed/ 0 http://www.greatwhitesnark.com/2010/02/07/twitter-link-roundup-%e2%80%93-week-ending-february-6-2010/ Um, Not Really: Sexy Twi’lek LEGO Minifigs http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatwhitesnark/yqzr/~3/zsTqyK08W8w/ http://www.greatwhitesnark.com/2010/02/05/sexy-twilek-lego-minifigs/#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:56:53 +0000 Great White Snark http://www.greatwhitesnark.com/?p=3341 Twi-leks are the designated sexpots of the Star Wars galaxy, yet there’s clearly something inherently wrong with the phrase “sexy Twi’lek LEGO minifigs.” And if you were uncomfortable reading that phrase,  just think how I felt writing it.* These custom Star Wars LEGO minifigs come from Arealight Custom Work, who has more product shots on Flickr. [...] Twi-leks are the designated sexpots of the Star Wars galaxy, yet there’s clearly something inherently wrong with the phrase “sexy Twi’lek LEGO minifigs.”

Twi'lek LEGO minifigs

And if you were uncomfortable reading that phrase,  just think how I felt writing it.*

These custom Star Wars LEGO minifigs come from Arealight Custom Work, who has more product shots on Flickr. I think one of the Twi’leks is even wearing a g-string. [Shudder.]

Via Brothers Brick, who refuses to be a dancer in Jabba’s palace until the work is unionized.

* I find that sympathy is best-expressed through gifts of cash.

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]]> http://www.greatwhitesnark.com/2010/02/05/sexy-twilek-lego-minifigs/feed/ 0 http://www.greatwhitesnark.com/2010/02/05/sexy-twilek-lego-minifigs/ Icky: Star Trek: The Next Generation Sexual Innuendo Montage (SFW) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatwhitesnark/yqzr/~3/Ozi8EMQKNWE/ http://www.greatwhitesnark.com/2010/02/05/icky-star-trek-the-next-generation-sexual-innuendo-montage-sfw/#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 08:24:00 +0000 Great White Snark http://www.greatwhitesnark.com/?p=3338 Welcome to ten minutes of sexual innuendo, euphemisms, and behavior culled from Star Trek: The Next Generation. It generally follows a hilarious/disturbing path of courtship, appraisal, seduction, erm… transaction, pleasure, and explosive climax, ultimately followed by disappointment and hasty escape. Or, what I call, “Tuesday.” You definitely, definitely don’t want to forward to 2:57 to see Klingon [...] Welcome to ten minutes of sexual innuendo, euphemisms, and behavior culled from Star Trek: The Next Generation. It generally follows a hilarious/disturbing path of courtship, appraisal, seduction, erm… transaction, pleasure, and explosive climax, ultimately followed by disappointment and hasty escape.

Or, what I call, “Tuesday.”

You definitely, definitely don’t want to forward to 2:57 to see Klingon Worf having an orgasm.

WAIT, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? WHAT DID I JUST SAY?

Via The Daily What, whose idea of foreplay starts with a Vulcan neck pinch.

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]]> http://www.greatwhitesnark.com/2010/02/05/icky-star-trek-the-next-generation-sexual-innuendo-montage-sfw/feed/ 0 http://www.greatwhitesnark.com/2010/02/05/icky-star-trek-the-next-generation-sexual-innuendo-montage-sfw/ Not Quite Right: Paper Iron Man Costume [Cosplay] http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatwhitesnark/yqzr/~3/ezLybeTBrN4/ http://www.greatwhitesnark.com/2010/02/04/paper-iron-man-costume-cosplay/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:50:59 +0000 Great White Snark http://www.greatwhitesnark.com/?p=3334 You see a Paper Iron Man costume. I see Edward Scissorhands’ whipping boy. Kidding aside, this guy is clearly the MacGyver of cosplay. I mean, he made an entire costume out of the discarded remnants of an unwrapped gift. Cheers, fella. Also? Snip, snip! Ha, ha. Gotcha. Via Geek Orthodox, who fights–but never runs–with scissors. Find Iron Man [...] You see a Paper Iron Man costume. I see Edward Scissorhands’ whipping boy.

Paper Iron Man Costume

Kidding aside, this guy is clearly the MacGyver of cosplay. I mean, he made an entire costume out of the discarded remnants of an unwrapped gift. Cheers, fella. Also? Snip, snip! Ha, ha. Gotcha.

Via Geek Orthodox, who fights–but never runs–with scissors.

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]]> http://www.greatwhitesnark.com/2010/02/04/paper-iron-man-costume-cosplay/feed/ 1 http://www.greatwhitesnark.com/2010/02/04/paper-iron-man-costume-cosplay/ Tastes Like Plutonium: Awesome Back to the Future DeLorean Cake [Geeky Cake] http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatwhitesnark/yqzr/~3/P96ZYHMNhU0/ http://www.greatwhitesnark.com/2010/02/03/awesome-back-to-the-future-delorean-cake-geeky-cake/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:45:03 +0000 Great White Snark http://www.greatwhitesnark.com/?p=3316 Chad W. of Tunnel Hill, Georgia’s Cup a Dee Cakes contacted me with the details of this Back to the Future DeLorean cake he and his wife made for their friends’ wedding. And between his flattery of me and the intense fantastic-ness of the cake (and then some more flattery of me)… I decided to post [...] Chad W. of Tunnel Hill, Georgia’s Cup a Dee Cakes contacted me with the details of this Back to the Future DeLorean cake he and his wife made for their friends’ wedding.

And between his flattery of me and the intense fantastic-ness of the cake (and then some more flattery of me)… I decided to post it.*

Delorean Cake

From Chad:

…for our friends Greg and Kristin’s wedding. We used [...] technical schematics and a die cast model to carve the cake into scale.  The cake was then covered in various places with either modeling chocolate, fondant, or both.  This was our first car cake, and it took us about 24 hours total to make it, but we had a great time and Greg and Kristin loved it!

Delorean Cake Back

Delorean Cake Top

If only it could drive around in Back to the Future town square cake. Stupid scale issues.

* Chad’s right, I really am incredibly gracious.

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]]> http://www.greatwhitesnark.com/2010/02/03/awesome-back-to-the-future-delorean-cake-geeky-cake/feed/ 1 http://www.greatwhitesnark.com/2010/02/03/awesome-back-to-the-future-delorean-cake-geeky-cake/ WTF?, Indeed: Spider-Man Lower Back Tattoo [Geeky Tattoo] http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatwhitesnark/yqzr/~3/LzRsoSAjU4E/ http://www.greatwhitesnark.com/2010/02/02/spider-man-lower-back-tattoo-geeky-tattoo/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 05:19:35 +0000 Great White Snark http://www.greatwhitesnark.com/?p=3324 I won’t guess what it is about this woman’s posterior nether region that’s giving her Spider-Man tattoo’s spider-sense (or spider-nostrils?) such a case of “WTF?!”, but I’d bet it’s not the overwhelming odor of classiness. Or good taste. Or common sense. Or long-term thinking. Or desire to be taken seriously. Via Ugliest Tattoos. ‘Nuff said. Find custom [...] I won’t guess what it is about this woman’s posterior nether region that’s giving her Spider-Man tattoo’s spider-sense (or spider-nostrils?) such a case of “WTF?!”, but I’d bet it’s not the overwhelming odor of classiness. Or good taste. Or common sense. Or long-term thinking. Or desire to be taken seriously.

Spider-Man Back Tattoo

Via Ugliest Tattoos. ‘Nuff said.

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]]> http://www.greatwhitesnark.com/2010/02/02/spider-man-lower-back-tattoo-geeky-tattoo/feed/ 3 http://www.greatwhitesnark.com/2010/02/02/spider-man-lower-back-tattoo-geeky-tattoo/ Nintendo Power: Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’” Composed in Mario Paint http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatwhitesnark/yqzr/~3/q8GxEFeLFcs/ http://www.greatwhitesnark.com/2010/02/02/journeys-dont-stop-believin-composed-in-mario-paint/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 04:38:04 +0000 Great White Snark http://www.greatwhitesnark.com/?p=3318 You have not experienced Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’” until you’ve heard its power chords recreated in the charming, midi-like tones of an early-1990s Nintendo game. By someone with a copy of Mario Paint and an inordinate amount of time on their hands. Suck on it, Glee kids. Find a Zelda Ocarina instrument on Ebay Enjoy this post? Subscribe to [...] You have not experienced Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’” until you’ve heard its power chords recreated in the charming, midi-like tones of an early-1990s Nintendo game.

By someone with a copy of Mario Paint and an inordinate amount of time on their hands.

Suck on it, Glee kids.

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]]> http://www.greatwhitesnark.com/2010/02/02/journeys-dont-stop-believin-composed-in-mario-paint/feed/ 2 http://www.greatwhitesnark.com/2010/02/02/journeys-dont-stop-believin-composed-in-mario-paint/ Uh, Fun?: Goofy Star Trek Helmet Toy http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatwhitesnark/yqzr/~3/YPn1pEBcXJE/ http://www.greatwhitesnark.com/2010/02/02/goofy-star-trek-helmet-toy/#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:45:16 +0000 Great White Snark http://www.greatwhitesnark.com/?p=3304 Contrary to what you might think, what appealed to me most about this ridiculous Star Trek helmet toy (featuring flashing light! and antenna thing!) wasn’t that it provided yet more compelling evidence of Star Trek’s inherent uncoolness. No, I’m just reassured to know that in the future according to Star Trek, simple-yet-effective technology will have been [...] Contrary to what you might think, what appealed to me most about this ridiculous Star Trek helmet toy (featuring flashing light! and antenna thing!) wasn’t that it provided yet more compelling evidence of Star Trek’s inherent uncoolness.

Star Trek Helmet

No, I’m just reassured to know that in the future according to Star Trek, simple-yet-effective technology will have been developed to protect Special Needs particularly-hyper A.D.H.D. children from themselves. And to warn others of their threat.

Via The Retroist, who doesn’t think that kid’s name is really Spock.

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]]> http://www.greatwhitesnark.com/2010/02/02/goofy-star-trek-helmet-toy/feed/ 2 http://www.greatwhitesnark.com/2010/02/02/goofy-star-trek-helmet-toy/ Thanks, 1970s Japan!: Insane Star Wars-Themed Commercial for Sea Chicken [Video] http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatwhitesnark/yqzr/~3/1lRzClFbtbM/ http://www.greatwhitesnark.com/2010/02/02/thanks-japan-insane-1978-star-wars-themed-commercial-for-sea-chicken-video/#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2010 07:18:09 +0000 Great White Snark http://www.greatwhitesnark.com/?p=3307 Answer: Chewbacca jumping and yelping like someone just gave him a hearty Wookiee-neutering. Horrible doppelgangers of Han Solo, Luke Skywalker, and Princess Leia. “Sea chicken,” a screeching mantra that will haunt your ears like nothing else since “RED RUM.” The geisha-like version of C-3PO that you never imagined could be more effeminate than the original. [...] Answer: Chewbacca jumping and yelping like someone just gave him a hearty Wookiee-neutering. Horrible doppelgangers of Han Solo, Luke Skywalker, and Princess Leia. “Sea chicken,” a screeching mantra that will haunt your ears like nothing else since “RED RUM.” The geisha-like version of C-3PO that you never imagined could be more effeminate than the original. Typical Japanese batshit craziness.

Question: What can you find in this Star Wars-themed Japanese commercial for Sea Chicken from the 1970s?

Lesson? Japan thinks all white people look alike. Also? Why do drugs when Japan has got your bad trip right here, man?

Via Topless Robot, who wants to be a sea chicken farmer when he grows up.

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